Poorest Esthenians Eat Like Nobles Of Old Russia
In Reval the thrifty thirty cents buys a lavish Sexer table feast and a long menu, while Soviet workers face scarce food. The piece compares wages and living standards of Esthenian families with Russian peers, noting better clothing and rooms for Esthenians. It highlights a metal factory trio and a poor widow's family, showing real wages around 18–28 dollars per month and contrasting with Soviet labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Russia
Esthonia
Imperial
H. K. Knickerbocker
New Russia
Tolstoy
Janberg
Norman
Lena Letto
Moscow
Rant
Reval
Soviet Union
Ivanovo- Vozneshensk
Vladivostok
Minsk
Blame the Coffee for Poor Flavor Says Ad
An advertisement touts M-J-B coffee with three full flavors per tin and claims expert blends from top beans. It highlights the Electric Eye roast color test, Safety Sealing for freshness, vacuum packing, and a refund if not satisfied. Offers 4 lb trial by mail from MJ-BCo in San Francisco with free booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M-J-B
Dept. OF America
San Francisco
Dry Areas Wetted Wet Areas Dried In April Says Mattice
Washington report from W A Mattice of the weather bureau notes April brought needed moisture to drought areas and relief to the northern Great Plains. He says Florida drought signs eased with rain, California and Nevada saw heavy rains, while Texas and New Mexico remained drier than normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
W. ‘A. Mattice
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakotas
Mexican
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Florida
Pacific Coast
Western
Great Basin
California
Nevada
Mattice
Montana
April Rainfall Variability across the Great Plains 1929–34
The report summarizes April precipitation patterns in the Great Plains from 1931 to 1934. It notes above normal rain in parts of Kansas Oklahoma and New Mexico and southern Arizona in April 1931, with deficits elsewhere notably in the Dakotas. April 1932 shows above normal in the Dakotas Wyoming Colorado and northern New Mexico but far below in Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and much of Texas. April 1933 brings wet conditions to western Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota while Oklahoma westward is dry. April 1934 records widespread below normal rainfall across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Dakotas
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas
Great Plains
South Dakota
New Drama and Travel Titles Arrive at Public Library
The public library receives new books on drama and travel led by The Old Maid dramatized by Zoe Akins from Edith Wharton. The Pulitzer winner centers on a lonely older woman who cannot claim her illegitimate child, with conflict arising from the child’s cousin who has raised the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe Akins
Edith Wharton
Play Notes and Travel Pieces Cover New Theatre and Books
The article surveys Elmer Rice plays Panic by Archibald MacLeish works like Footsteps in the Sea by Julius Fleischman To Nova Scotia by T M Longstreth Greenwich Village by Caroline Ware and High Spots in the Andes by Josephine Woods Plus travel notes on a world cruise and a Nova Scotia circuit with mentions of bank failures and economic themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Rice
Archibald MacLeish
New York City
McGafferty
Jane
Julius Fleischman
William Beebe
Nonsuch Island
Dyak
Nova Scotia
T. M. Longstreth
Halifax
Ottawa
Cape Breton Island
Greenwich Village
Caroline F
Middletown
Andes
Josephine Woods
Wyoming’s most ambitious prospective citizen walks to classes
Mrs. Joanna Sobotka, 65, a native of Austria, earns the label as Wyoming’s most ambitious prospective citizen by walking eleven miles each Saturday from Monarch to the Sheridan county courthouse to attend naturalization classes and returning the same distance home.
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Sheridan
Wyo
INS
Joanna Sobotka
Wyoming
Monarch
Sheridan County
Austria
Also Mentioned on This Page
WH. R. Knickerbocker
Esthenia
Oskar Janberg
Askar Street
Rudolf Rant
Johannes “Norman
Kolde Street
Sitsi Street
Daugter
Niagara Falls
N.B.C. Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda Bakers
M.J.B
Darling
M.J
Ogier Furniture
Trombino Bros. Grocery
Fourth Avenue SE
DIAL
Eee
Wilson’s Fey
Wisconsin
Reeve Abalana
Folger's Coffee
Japan
First Avenue
Tig
K-Boled
Immelman
Griggs
Steel Company
THE
Hills Bros
New
Illinois
Co Tomatoes
Crea
Iere’ Jar
American Beauty
Lipton’s
Felger
Mane
Howee
Maxwell
Hease
Paramount
Duster
Veal
Lamb
Alfeitie
Duster Brothers
Grocery Guild OF America
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